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I'm sure that O'Reilly's focus will be on non-biblical sources, to provide more information about the political and cultural context than the Bible provides. The average Christian does not read the writings of Josephus or of other Roman commentators, and if O'Reilly can access some of this and summarize it for the non-academic average reader, it could be an good read for a lot of people.